February Sunday Lunch I
Photo © Anne-Marie Minhall
A Sunday at home. A gentle day with the sun shining. A blue sky as well. A blessed day.
The days are getting a little longer, too. I am in the mood for a hearty lunch.
Beef with Yorkies & Cauliflower & Leek Cheese.
Some backtiming is involved.
I spend much of my life bowing to the clock.
This is part one of the February Sunday Lunch M&J blog.
Beef.
I quite enjoy the domestic duties of a Saturday & a Sunday but, equally, it's the joy of planning of meals at home once these chores are completed. A weekend Roast Beef supper is a reward for a long week at work and cleaning.
To the local butcher then & there, catching my eye immediately, is a handsome beef fillet. Mine was 70g.
It might as well have had my name on it & a cartoon bubble declaring: "Anne-Marie, buy me." ..
So I did.
Your oven is on at 200ºC/180ºC/Gas 6
The fillet, which has had some oil & pepper rubbed over it, will need a quick sear on all sides before going into a very hot frying pan
Oven gloves to hand, transfer the pan to the oven for 6-7 minutes - I like beef rare to medium rare
Take out of the oven, (oven gloves on again, the handle will be nuclear,). Cover loosely with foil & rest the beefy beast
Right, Cauliflower & Leek Cheese time .. HELLO
For two
1 Medium Cauliflower broken into florets
1 Leek sliced
25g Butter
25g Plain Flour
275ml Creamy Milk
75g Cheese grated (I used a mix of Cheddar & Mozzarella)
Pinch of English Mustard Powder
Ditto Nutmeg
Seasoning
Steam the cauliflower florets & leek slices until tender & remove to an ovenproof dish
Here comes the cheese sauce by melting the butter & flour & stirring until it thickens
Slowly start whisking in the milk, bring to the boil
Lower the heat, stir in the cheese until you have a creamy consistency & simmer for 15 minutes
Add the Colmans Mustard & nutmeg plus some salt & pepper & pour the sauce over the cauliflower & leeks
Scatter a little more cheese over the top & bake for 25 minutes
Let it cool before serving.
I could have eaten the whole lot that evening but I resisted.
Sort of.
AMM
